The former governor said President Muhammadu Buhari’s relation, Mrs.Amina Zakari was already being positioned to replace Prof Mahmoodshould he refused to “play ball on Zamfara.”

Speaking through his Media Aide, Lere Olayinka, in a release issued onSaturday evening, Fayose said; “It is now getting clearer that APCdesperation to have candidates in Zamfara State is one of the mainreasons for the postponement.”

He said Nigerians should not forget the letter written to INEC by theAttorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, directingthe commission to postpone elections in Zamfara State so as to allowAPC to field candidates.

Fayose said; “Since Prof Mahmood has made it clear that the electioncoming up next Saturday, is not a fresh process and there will be nocampaign, bringing in candidates that were not part of the electionthat should have held today will also negate the position of INEC.

“Putting pressure on the INEC Chairman and threatening him with sackjust to force the commission to accept APC candidates for Zamfarastate is evil and unacceptable.”

The former governor said rather than blame the INEC Chairman,President Buhari’s should be blamed for deliberately orchestrating theelections postponement, adding that “INEC don’t control the CentralBank of Nigeria, the Aviation agencies as well as security apparatusin Nigeria.

“If there is anyone to be blamed for this dying minutes postponement,it should be the President and if anyone needs to resign, it should bePresident Buhari.”